Up North and So Forth

Well since we’ve moved to Maine we have experienced an earthquake, hurricane and now a record breaking blizzard. Hopefully we are done with natural disasters.

I think the final snow total for Portland was 31.9 inches. The bummer was that the snow came on a weekend, so we only had 1 snow day. I think it is nice to be snowed in every once in a while.  The last time I remember having that much snow was when I was a kid, so it was also fun to bundle up and explore with our friends.

There is a rumor that there is another big storm on the way, but next week is our winter break, so we don’t have school anyway. Yeah, schools in New England have a week long winter break in February AND a spring break in April. Sounds good to me!

Most years I am sick of snow by February. But there is still a lot I want to do this winter. There are more snow shoeing trails we want to check out and we still haven’t gone skiing. We hope to go soon…possibly for Jonathan’s birthday. I think most of the legit New England skiing spots are in Vermont, but Maine has a couple places that are supposed to be really good. There is a place called Sugarloaf that claims to be the largest ski place east of the Rockies. We also want to make it up to Acadia – we’ve heard it is just as beautiful snow covered as it is in the summer. 

The only time I am sick of winter is recess duty. These kids go outside almost every day. There have been very few times that they had to stay in because it was too cold. The last time I had duty it was 9 degrees and windy…but it was sunny, so we went out.  All the kids have snow pants and boots that they put on for recess and play in the snow like it’s no big deal.